PROJECT Aging in Data SEE HERE Dr. Sally Chivers is Co-Investigator and sits on the Governing Board. How does an era of unprecedented data-gathering affect how we grow old in our communities? Aging in Data brings together an interdisciplinary network of scholars from ten countries, community-based activists and organizations. We research how age studies intersect […]
AboutWrinkle RadioResearch Writing Videos Projects MediaTeachingContact Episode 12 Getting Friendly with Death In this episode: death-friendly communities. How we create them. Why we need them. Featuring Julia Brassolotto (Associate Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Lethbridge) talking with host Sally Chivers about: Shifting cultural fears of death Death-friendly communities Compassionate
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AboutWrinkle RadioResearch Writing Videos Projects MediaTeachingContact Episode 11: Boomers who Rock In this episode:Thinking of rocking into your retirement? Want to know more about your aging rockstar idols? Featuring Stephen Katz (Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Trent University) talking with host Sally Chivers about: How he learned to play the drums Wanting to be a Beatle Why
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AboutWrinkle RadioResearch Writing Videos Projects MediaTeachingContact Episode 10: Talkin’ ‘bout my generation In this episode: when you say “Okay, boomer,” have you thought about who you’re dismissing? We unpack the boomer backlash, thinking through what it means to be part of a generation first scorned as radical youths and then insulted as greedy wealth mongers.
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AboutWrinkle RadioResearch Writing Videos Projects MediaTeachingContact Episode 9: Dignity and Joy In this episode: how the conditions for dignity are the conditions for joy in nursing home care. Featuring Susan Braedley (Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Political Economy at Carleton University) talking with host Sally Chivers about: what constitutes joy
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AboutWrinkle RadioResearch Writing Videos Projects MediaTeachingContact Episode 8: The Future of Nursing Homes In this episode: have you ever thought about nursing homes as an opportunity? Featuring Professor Susan Braedley (Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Political Economy at Carleton University) talking with host Sally Chivers about: Why nursing homes still
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AboutWrinkle RadioResearch Writing Videos Projects MediaTeachingContact Episode 7: Information Piles and Palaces In this episode: do you know where to go to get good information about dementia care? Featuring Nicole Dalmer (Assistant Professor of Health, Aging, & Society and Associate Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies of Aging at McMaster University) talking with host
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Episode 6: Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly tech When you think of tech for older adults, what comes to mind? In this episode, learn how what you pictured says as much about the world you live in and attitudes towards aging as it does about how technology might create better lives for
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Episode 5: Sex, Tech, and the Meaning of Aging, mostly sex In this episode: Would you rather have the sex you had when you were 18, or still enjoy sex at 80? How did Viagra change the meaning of aging? Learn about andropause, clitoral insufficiency syndrome, and other maladies made up to market pills and make people
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Episode 4: Aging for Mortals In this episode: What if we started from the knowledge that, no matter what, we will die? And that if we’re lucky, we’ll grow old first? How would that change how we live? How would that change our politics? Featuring Albert Banerjee (NBHRF Chair in Community Health and Aging and Assistant Professor
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